The deadly shooting in a Nashville grade school that left three nine-year old students and three adult staff members dead has sparked calls in Tennessee for what’s called a red-flag law, with advocates suggesting that may have prevented the attack. One was proposed in the state in 2020. That red-flag law — also known as […]
Continue ReadingThe main thing a business lawyer does when you are purchasing a business is to help you determine whether or not the business is actually worth purchasing. The commercial decision to buy a business is a complex one and a business lawyer can help make the purchase process easy. This is done by providing clear […]
Continue ReadingThis Opinion piece is by André Bear, a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s law school who is now pursuing his master of laws. For more information about CBC’s Opinion sectionplease see the FAQs. The Canadian legal system seems eager to fill its prisons mostly with Indigenous peoples, as evidenced by our staggering overrepresentation. On […]
Continue ReadingApsara A. Iyer, a second-year law student at Harvard Law School, was elected the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review, becoming the first Indian American woman to hold the position. The Law Review, founded in 1887, is among the oldest student-run legal scholarship publications. Previous editors of the organization include Supreme Court Justices Stephen […]
Continue ReadingOIL & GAS: A federal appeals court finds the federal Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law by failing to account for the cumulative impacts of approving nearly 200 drilling permits near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. (Associated Press) ALSO:• Climate advocates urge the Biden administration to base federal methane emissions rules […]
Continue ReadingJakarta (ANTARA) – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) plans to issue 224 OJK regulations as derivative regulations of the Financial Sector Development and Strengthening (P2SK) Law, Deputy Chairperson of OJK’s Board of Commissioners Mirza Adityaswara stated. “In short, based on identification results, 224 OJK regulations have to be created and 43 government regulations as derivative […]
Continue ReadingStylised graphic showing Beechwood House, Lubov Chernukhin and Alisher Usmanov Owners of around 50,000 UK properties held by foreign companies remain hidden from public view, despite new transparency laws. The Register of Overseas Entities, launched in August 2022, was meant to reveal who ultimately owns UK property. But analysis by BBC News and Transparency International […]
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Slamet Budiarto, Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Board (PB) of the Indonesian Doctors Association (PB IDI), said that his institution would stage a bigger protest if the DPR passed the Health Omnibus Law Draft (RUU). Currently, the Health Bill is being discussed by the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI because […]
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